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What though life's water from the clouds descend
Thou'llt ne'er pluck fruit from off the willow-bough;
Not on the base thy precious moments spend
Thou'llt ne'er taste sugar from the reed I trow.

— Saadi A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

Abar gar ab-i-zindagi barad
Hargiz az shakh-i-bed bar na khori
Bar faromaya rozgar mabar
Kaz nai boriya shakar nakhori.

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